Prosecution outlines details of Jayde’s killing

Jayde Panayiotou’s alleged killer went to a popular fried chicken outlet for supper after being paid for shooting her dead.

This and other chilling details of the meticulous planning that went into plotting the Uitenhage teacher’s murder last year were revealed in an indictment served on her husband‚ Christopher‚ 30‚ and his co-accused on Monday.

According to the indictment‚ the alleged killers circled the home of Jayde’s friend and colleague‚ Cherise Swanepoel‚ Jayde’s route to work and the Port Elizabeth townhouse complex where she lived with her husband – the alleged mastermind behind her cold-blooded killing – before her abduction and murder.

As the matter was finally transferred to the Port Elizabeth High Court for trial‚ more than a year after Jayde’s death on April 21 last year‚ it emerged that the alleged killers had battled to trace her in the days leading up to the murder.

They eventually abandoned Panayiotou’s alleged plan to shoot her en route to Riebeek College with Swanepoel.

Instead‚ Sizwezakhe Vumazonke‚ 36‚ and Sinethemba Nemembe‚ 28‚ shoved Jayde into their rental car and drove to an open field in KwaNobuhle near Uitenhage‚ where she was shot three times‚ the prosecution alleges.

After they had been paid‚ Vumazonke and self-confessed middleman Luthando Siyoni went to the KFC in Kwazakhele for supper.

The trial has been set down for October 3 to December 2. – Tiso Black Star Group Digital/The Herald

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